Etymology 11: Slapstick

This word could be defined as,"farcical physical comedy, or just horseplay." This definition has been around since 1926, but the definition was actually changed from slapstick (1896): a device consisting of two sticks fastened together so as to slap loudly when a clown or actor hits somebody with it, or to make a sound-effect offstage. The word originated as many of my Neologisms has, by combining two words. Obviously in this case, those words are slap and stick.